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1 hour ago, Enterprisingwestern said:

Lesley Welch eat your heart out!

 

Now there's a coincidence. I used to take the odd gill with Leslie Welch. This Leslie Welch was a splendid fellow who did a fine job of keeping the sewers of Durham City running freely.

 

If I remember correctly your Leslie Welch once stopped at my Leslie Welsh's B&B. My LW had many strings to his bow including a fine memory.

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22 hours ago, tomparryharry said:

I think we had two of these little Yorkshires at Whiteheads, Newport. One went to Caerphilly, and the other went to the Gwili, Carmarthen. sadly, Both of these had radiator issues, and although repairable, were cut up. 

I remember them . Faded blue ? 

Parked up together in the late 1970's after Whiteheads had finished with them .

Passed them regularly on my way to do a bit of spotting at Ebbw Junction .

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2 hours ago, Albie the plumber said:

I remember them . Faded blue ? 

Parked up together in the late 1970's after Whiteheads had finished with them .

Passed them regularly on my way to do a bit of spotting at Ebbw Junction .

 Yes, they're the ones. 

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9 hours ago, Albie the plumber said:

Going to be interesting getting sound and stay alive in that little fella ! 

Anyone know if these will have working marker lights ? 

 

Specifications state directional headlights & tail lights, plus a cab light. 

 

After the fit issues and largish wheel flanges on the PWMs, I'm concerned regarding my 02 pre-order... 

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13 hours ago, TheEngineShed said:

 

Specifications state directional headlights & tail lights, plus a cab light. 

 

After the fit issues and largish wheel flanges on the PWMs, I'm concerned regarding my 02 pre-order... 

I understand where you are coming from with this .

Sceptical about working marker lights being fitted on an 02 if they couldn't do it on the larger PWM 

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On 03/04/2023 at 22:56, TheEngineShed said:

 

Specifications state directional headlights & tail lights, plus a cab light. 

 

After the fit issues and largish wheel flanges on the PWMs, I'm concerned regarding my 02 pre-order... 

 

Hopefully the Class 02 will take after the Class 11 instead of the PWM 'misfire' - purchasers of the former seem happy with it to date......🤞

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52 minutes ago, Awesime said:

 

Any updates on reaching the shops??

Haven't heard anything as yet .

If you get notifications from their FB page you could ask the question .

They're usually very good at replying 

 

I've learnt to take delivery dates for models from all manufacturers with a large pinch of salt .

Always over optimistic leading to disappointment when predicted delivery dates come and go .

Worse still,  you get modellers insulting modellers when legitimate questions are asked ( see the SLW class 25 thread/ debacle to see what I mean ) and where some individuals have assumed the role of moderator. 

Very unedifying in what is at the end of the day , a hobby .

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At  the model world LIVE in Brum and of particular interest to me was the 00 gauge class 02 .

Got a couple of close up shots thru the glass case ( sorry , but I'm no David Bailey

and it looks good and , having spoken to Ben Jones , he has said the 00 model WILL have shunting lights .

Result ! 

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Pictures on Facebook today: https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=Heljan a%2Fs

 

HAPPY YORKSHIRE DAY!

It's August 1st - Happy Yorkshire Day to all who celebrate it - and that means it's the perfect day for an update on our Yorkshire Engine Co. Class 02 diesel shunter. We're delighted to report that the OO gauge models of these handsome little machines are now almost ready to go into production and should be on sale at your favourite Heljan stockists in October/November.

Four samples from Batch 1 have just arrived for final checks including BR green D2864 with yellow bufferbeams, Arnott & Young yellow AY1021 and 'SAM' in faded/weathered industrial green livery. Also shown below is Redland livery 'Diane' which will be widely available as part of the Gaugemaster Collection.

Also due in batch 1 are 'as delivered' BR green D2861 with red bufferbeams, mid-1970s BR green 02004 and the National Railway Museum's BR green D2860 - exclusive to Locomotion Models as part of the 'National Collection in Miniature' series.

Premium quality features include a super-smooth mechanism for excellent running qualities, switchable shunting and cab lights, superb exterior and cab interior detailing, fine wire handrails and grilles, a Next18 DCC decoder interface and provision for DCC sound conversion. Optional extras include coupling chain/hook and blanking plug parts to complete the bufferbeam details, builders plates and a magnetic 'wand' to control the cab light in DC mode.

All liveries are available order now from your favourite Heljan stockist!

Look out for further updates on our OO and O gauge 'Yorkies' very soon!

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I really want one of these, but am a bit worried about the short wheelbase on DC layouts, especially over a couple of older insulfrog points. 

 

Has there been mention of how it runs over points etc? Or will we have to wait & see? 

 

If it's as good as the Hornby Ruston 48DS then I'll pre order 😁

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8 minutes ago, Rich_F said:

I really want one of these, but am a bit worried about the short wheelbase on DC layouts, especially over a couple of older insulfrog points. 

 

Has there been mention of how it runs over points etc? Or will we have to wait & see? 

 

If it's as good as the Hornby Ruston 48DS then I'll pre order 😁

It will in all probability be awful 

over  points both dead and live if my 07 and 05 are anything to go by .

They will in the fullness of time be digitised  and the obligatory stay alive fitted .

Not sure if a capacitor will work on DC but it's unlikely to have any such 

capacitor fitted .

Great model all the same .

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